Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

14.19. Funerary inscription for Tatia

Description: White marble sarcophagus w: 2.08 × h: 0.70 × d: 0.74 with a central panel supported by putti. On either side, garlands, with busts above.

Text: Inscribed below each bust (i, ii). iii is on the central panel, which is particularly worn by water, lines 1-2 on the upper moulding, which is broken: the full text must have begun on the lid. The surface has been considerably further worn since it was recorded by the MAMA team

Letters: 0.0175-0.02

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Seki: re-used in a fountain

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
Τατία
ii
Ἀρτεμᾶς
iii
[------]
[ἐπάρατ]ος καὶ
ποτεισάτω ἱ̣ε̣ρ̣ᾷ̣ θε-
ῷ Ἀφροδείτῃ εἰς
ΧΕ̣Ρ̣[c. 5]Κ̣Ο̣Υ̣Σ̣Υ̣Ν̣
5[..]ΑΣ δραχμὰς δισ-
χειλ̣ίας ν̣ τὸ τρί-
τον το̣ῦ̣ ἐ̣κ̣δι-
κήσ̣αντ̣ο̣ς̣ ἔσ-
τω τῆς ἐπι̣γ̣ρα-
10φ̣ῆ̣ς̣ ἀντίγραφον̣
π̣ετέθη [...]

Diplomatic

i
ΤΑΤΙΑ
ii
ΑΡΤΕΜΑΣ
iii
[------]
[......]ΟΣΚΑΙΑ
ΠΟΤΕΙΣΑΤΩ....ΘΕ
ΩΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΕΙΣ
Χ..[·····]......
5[··]ΑΣΔΡΑΧΜΑΣΔΙΣ
ΧΕΙ.ΙΑΣΩ.ΤΟΤΡΙ
ΤΟΝΤ....ΔΙ
ΚΗ.ΑΝ...ΕΣ
ΤΩΤΗΣΕΠ..ΡΑ
10...ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ.
Α.ΕΤΕΘΗ[···]

Apparatus

Letters only read by the MAMA expedition have been underlined
iii.2: ἱ̣ε̣ρ̣ὰ̣ MAMA 8, IAph2007; ἱ̣ε̣ρ̣ᾷ̣ AC

Bibliography

Transcription: Calder, 1934; the monument had deteriorated considerably when it was recorded by New York University expedition in 1990 and in 2005, A0406a.

Publication: MAMA 8 594 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 556 ; IAph2007 14.19. Sarcophagus only: Işık, 2007 131

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 3. Tabella (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 4. Tabella (M. Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 5. View (M. Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 6. Face (NYU, 2005)